An Oracle executive confirmed that the company has adjusted its per-CPU licensing to accommodate a new generation of multi-core chips.

Following months of anticipation and some high-profile criticism, Oracle has changed the licensing model for its databases and middleware on multicore servers, bringing it a step closer in line ...

Opinion: Oracle may eventually find that its stubborn adherence to per-core software licensing becomes a competitive liability at a time when the industry is moving away from even per-processor terms.

Oracle has announced an update to its multi-core processor pricing and licensing policy. The new policies improve parity among hardware vendors and help ensure that customers receive the most ...

Solution providers and their vendor partners are pressuring Oracle executives to lower software licensing costs for multicore processors.

20 December 2005 Business applications and database giant Oracle has revised it licensing policy on multi-core processors to fall in line with competitors.

Company's software licenses will consider each individual processor core on multicore chips to be 0.75 of a processor Oracle will edge closer to a licensing model for multicore processors that has ...

Oracle refused to confirm this, but said that an announcement about its dual-core pricing would be made on Friday by Jacqueline Woods, vice-president of global pricing and licensing strategy at ...